Exclusive offer on the market for luxury real estate in New York: penthouses in the skyscraper 432 Park Avenue. One of them designed Kelly Behun.
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The Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan skyscrapers - these and many other landmarks can be seen from the windows of this apartment on the 92nd floor. Equally significant attraction, and possibly a new symbol of New York, promises to be the building where they are located. Completed two years ago, the skyscraper 432 Park Avenue, designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Vignoli, perfectly fit into the architecture of Midtown. Both specialists and ordinary residents of the city like its clean, laconic geometry. At an altitude of 426 meters, it is the largest residential skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. Its construction is estimated at 1.25 billion dollars, it is not surprising that the prices for apartments here are exorbitant.
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Penthouse area of about 400 square meters. m, occupying half a floor, entrusted to issue Kelly Behan. As the designer herself admits, she was never interested in commercial demonstration projects, considering them boring and devoid of individuality, but when they gave her the address, she was intrigued.

“The main thing that attracted me is the fantastic views that open from three-meter windows. When the whole of Manhattan is under you, there won't be an ordinary project. It was obvious: none of my interior delights can compete with the panorama of the metropolis. Therefore, I set the task: to create a timeless elegant space, warm and comfortable, and most importantly, not distracting from what is outside. ”
The penthouse has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a living room with a small kitchen, a dressing room, a library, a laundry room, a parade hall. There is a separate entrance for servants. The advantages of such condominiums are that residents get access to the service, comparable to the offer of a five-star hotel. They have a private restaurant where Michelin’s chef, Sean Hergatt, runs, a cinema with 18 seats, a billiard room, a 25-meter pool, a spa and a fitness center, including yoga classes ... At the moment, developers have put up sale of several penthouses. Prices start at $ 39.75 million.

Developers knew whom to entrust the project: Kelly Behan perfectly understands the suite. She began her career as a designer under the leadership of renowned hotelier Ian Schreger, working with Andre Putman and Philippe Starck. The first independent work, when Kelly founded her own studio, was the loft for the former boss. The reputation of the brave, willing to take risks, brought Behan to the top designers. The loudest project is the residence of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his (now former) wife, Chinese Wendi Den, on Long Island. As well as apartments Ivanka Trump on Park Avenue.









At the heart of the architectural concept of Raphael Vignoli - geometric shape, square. The square facades in the building plan are covered with 3 x 3 m window cells. The interior of Kelly Behan confronts this “regularity”. The sofa in the living room is located ledges, the theme is supported by the configuration of the carpet. Many items of rounded lines and asymmetrical shapes. The palette is light, air, the other here and could not be. But for the floor, Kelly chose the most dark tree, - according to her, "it creates a feeling of reliable support under your feet."